5326 - 5459: [Kijkkast]. Viewing box for optical prints.

81/5384 Kijkkast Viewing box for optical prints

81/5384 ["Kijkkast"]. Viewing box for optical prints. Collapsible peepshow in a bookshaped box, late 18th cent., folded out 66(h.)x56(w.)x40(d.) cm., 7 hinging cardboard parts painted blue or w. black dots, w. one glass lense (Ø 11,5 cm.) and mirror, folding into a wooden box 'bound' as a book in full blindst. vellum w. brass clasps and catches, spine w. raised bands and gilt mor. letterpiece reading "Optische vermaakelykheeden", measuring 56(h.)x11,5(w.)x40(d.) cm.

- Vellum is sl. soiled; the wooden sides womrholed; a few connecting parts trifle worn; nevertheless fine.

= Nice viewing box, also called "Rarekiek" in Dutch, for domestical use, w. presumably an original 18th cent. folio binding used as box. Shown at the exhibition Een extra dimensie (Teylers Museum Haarlem, 1993) and illustrated/ mentioned in the associated catalogue: R. Albers, W. van Keulen and B. Ernst, Een extra dimensie. Van camera obscura tot stereofotografie (Haarlem, 1993, p.9). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.

€ (3.000-5.000) 5000